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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Ashford planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ashford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ashford website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates56,352Searchable applications
567Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 35,554 approved or refused records
4,607Refused applications
30,947 approved · 4,607 refused · 3,131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2001 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and DevelopmentContact planning Planning ContactsLocal plan Emerging Local Plan and Design CodePre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ashford.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas44 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas75 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePA/2024/0616
Proposed workshop with carports following the demolition of an existing outbuilding
Ebenezer Farm, Shenley Road, Smarden, TN27 8PS
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0617
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed erection of single storey rear extension.
54 Bucksford Lane, Singleton, Ashford, Kent TN23 4YR
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0618
Proposed riding manege.
Land adjacent The Lordings, Peening Quarter Road, Wittersham, TN30 7NP
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0619
Proposed single-storey rear extension
38 Drake Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0UZ
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0620
Outbuilding for study/gym following demolition of existing metal shed.
Phoenix Oast, Bethersden Road, Smarden, TN27 8QR
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0622
Proposed Maintenance; filling, painting, re-pointing, and replacing like for like where required to the roof covering, timber windows/shutters, external walls, guttering and shopfront. All proposed works to match the existing materials and colours.
32, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AW
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0623
Single-storey and partial first-floor rear extension to no.19 and no.21 following demolition of existing extension. Changes to fenestration. Proposed 1no dwelling following demolition of existing garage and outhouse and associated landscaping.
17-19 & 21 Church Street, Wye, Ashford, Kent TN25 5BN
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0624
Single storey extension, refurbishment and associated alterations of existing pool house into a home gym and office.
Woodsdale Farm House, Pope Street, Godmersham, CT4 7DN
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0625
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - confirmation of existing use of the building.
40 Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8LS
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0628
Single-storey rear extension and front entrance porch following part demolition of existing rear extension
37 Appledore Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7AY
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0629
Extension to agricultural building.
Pinnock Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, TN26 3HT
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0631
Erection of 3 no. 4 bedroom houses
Land between The Paddocks and Ashdown Cottage, Church Road, Sevington
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0632
Outline application for upto 9no custom-built dwellings with all matters reserved save for access.
Land to East of Calland and West of, Ramstone Close TN25 6QN
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0633
Change of use of land and erection of a garage/ancillary building including, parking, access and gardens.
Harville Farm, Harville Road, Wye, TN25 5EU
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0634
Single-storey workshop extension to the existing garage.
12 Vineys Gardens, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7AZ
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0635
Conversion of existing attached garage to form Granny Annexe. New vehicular entrance and detached garage, changes to fenestration to barn.
Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0636
Listed Building Consent for replacement of defective coverings to the flat roof and lead parapet/valley gutters; removal of concrete parapet copings for damp proofing and reinstatement; repairs to mathematical tiles on the front elevation; repairs to existing sash windows; repairs to roof and wall tiles.
16, High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6AP
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0637
Proposed access track to serve existing farm together with landscape and biodiversity enhancements
Hamden Grange Farm, Bethersden Road, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN26 3HF
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0638
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing- To confirm that planning permission reference 18/00405/AS has been lawfully implemented.
Land East of Railway and North of The Range, Fougeres Way, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HB
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0639
Single-storey side extension to create a garage.
Sundor, Plain Road, Brabourne, TN25 6QL
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0640
Proposed infill extension and garage conversion
24 Malvern Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HX
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0641
Change of use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential occupation for Gypsy Traveller site with 4no pitches and associated development (hard standing, utility blocks, waste treatment plants, access track improvements, widened access, landscaping)-part retrospective.
The land to the South of Rosemary Lane known as, The Old Orchard, Rosemary Lane, Smarden, Ashford, Kent TN27 8PF
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePA/2024/0642
Conversion of an existing stable block into a single dwelling to include access , 3 parking spaces and garden area.
Willow Cottage, Forstal Road, Egerton, Ashford, Kent TN27 9EH
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadeOTH/2024/0643
1. Crown lift to 4m above ground level limbs less than 50mm diameter 2. Shorten long, low laterals up to 5m height by 2-3m (SUPERSEDED SPEC - Oak tree (T1). Cut indicated bottom branches by 3 metres due to branches being too low)
19, Woodlands Road, Ashford, TN24 0AE
Received 29 Mar 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ashford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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